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Liam MacDonald
May 6, 2021
Student Gov’t Passes Israeli Boycott Without Club Divestment Clause
Earlier today, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), Pomona College’s student governing body, passed a modified version of...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 22, 2021
Pomona Student Gov’t Passes Israel Boycott, Bans Future Investment
In an Instagram post released on Thursday, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) announced that Pomona College’s student...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 21, 2020
Pomona Senior Class President Shares And Endorses Anti-Semitic Comment On Social Media, Apologizes
In a post made on her social media account, the 2020-2021 senior class president at Pomona College shared comments that accuse Zionist...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 27, 2020
Scripps Invites Vocal Anti-Israel Activist As Keynote Speaker
Scripps College has invited Jasbir Puar, Professor and Graduate Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, to speak at...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 12, 2020
Pomona, Pitzer Respond to Potential Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
After the David Horowitz Freedom Center (“DHFC”), a conservative foundation, stated in a letter to Pomona College president Dr. Gabrielle...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 10, 2020
David Horowitz Freedom Center Threatens Pomona and Pitzer with Lawsuit Over Support For Anti-Semitis
On Feb. 3, Pitzer College and Pomona College became one of the first targets for enforcement of President Trump’s latest executive order...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 9, 2019
Pitzer College, David Horowitz Trade Blows Over Posters
On Dec. 2, 2019 at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, flyers of the latest publication of the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC)...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 14, 2019
College-Invited Speaker Ties Jewish Student Journalist to “White Nationalists,” Calls NYT “Pro
During a question & answer session at Pomona College following a film screening of Gaza Fights For Freedom, a pro-Palestinian...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 11, 2019
Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona, SJP Fund Talk By Anti-Semitic Conpiracist
On Thursday, Nov. 14, the pro-Palestinian Claremont Colleges student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will host a screening...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 1, 2019
The ‘Woke’ Jew’s Chutzpah
Opinions expressed in this article may not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Board. In a recent opinion article titled My Jewish...
The Claremont Independent
May 28, 2019
Pitzer President Defends “Free Exchange of Ideas” in Israel at University of Haifa
Earlier today, Pitzer College’s president Melvin L. Oliver spoke to the University of Haifa’s 47th annual Board of Governors meeting,...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 13, 2019
Pitzer Bans Student Publication from Attending Israel Vote
Pitzer College informed the Claremont Independent today that tomorrow it would no longer be allowed to attend a Pitzer College Council—a...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 12, 2019
Why Pitzer Shouldn’t Suspend Its Israel Study Abroad Program
Last semester, Pitzer College’s faculty voted in favor of suspending the college’s study abroad program in Israel with the University of...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 14, 2018
Anti-Semitism Awareness Mural Covered by Palestinian Flag
This week, a mural painted on Pomona College’s Walker Wall—which is deemed a free speech wall—to raise awareness of antisemitism after...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 13, 2018
INTERVIEW: AMCHA Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin on Pitzer
In context of the turmoil on Pitzer College’s campus regarding the faculty’s vote in favor of suspending the Haifa study abroad program...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 29, 2018
Pitzer President Criticizes Faculty Support of Israel Study Abroad Suspension
Amid the recent decision by Pitzer College’s faculty to vote in favor of suspending the college’s only study abroad program in Israel...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 26, 2018
Pitzer Faculty Votes to End Israel Study Abroad
Earlier this month on Nov. 8, the Pitzer College faculty voted on and passed two motions concerning the college’s relationship with...
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